Year 7 Maths Home Learning Pack

This work has been created for you to complete over two weeks; attempt as many of
the questions as you can; if you find something challenging perhaps move on and
come back to it later. If you notice a H next to the title, this work is specifically for 7R1,
7B1, 7R2 and 7B2.

If you have any problems with this work or have any questions, please contact school.
Use equivalence to add and subtract 3 Here are some bar models drawn above number lines.
decimals and fractions

0 0.5 1 0 0.25 1

1 a) Fill in the boxes on the number line.

5
8
10 10 10 0 0.2 1

a) Write each decimal as a fraction. You could use the bar models to
0 0.3 0.5 0.7 1
help you.

b) Work out the calculations. 0.5 = 0.25 = 0.2 =

Give your answers as decimals.

You could use the number line to help you. b) Use the number lines and your answers to part a) to work out
the calculations.
3 8 7 Give your answers as decimals.
+ 0.5 = 1– = + 0.3 =
10 10 10

1 1 1
0.1 + = + 0.5 = 0.90 – =
2 5 4

2 a) Fill in the boxes on the number line.

4 3
a) Work out 0.3 +
5 5
8 Give your answer as a decimal.
100 100 100

0 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.1

b) Work out the calculations. Give your answers as decimals. 1

b) Work out + 0.75
6
Give your answer as a fraction.
3 8
0.05 + = 0.1 –
100 100 =

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 3 Did you convert the fraction to a decimal before or after doing the
5 Ron and Whitney are working out the calculation – 0.2
4 calculation? Compare methods with a partner.

I am going to start by
converting 34 to a decimal.
7 Here is a representation of a calculation.

I am going to convert
0.2 to a fraction.

0 1 2
Ron’s method Whitney’s method

3 = 0.75 0.2 = 1
Which of these is not the calculation shown? Circle your answer.
4 5
0.75 – 0.2 = 0.73 9 1 3 5
3 – 1 = 15 – 4 = 11 4
– 1.5 2.1 – 1
2
2.25 –
2
2
20
– 1.50
4 5 20 20 20

a) What mistake has Ron made?

8 The same digit is missing from each box.
Which digits would give a terminating answer?

b) Convert Whitney’s answer to a decimal.

1
0. +

6 Work out the calculations. Give your answers as decimals.

Can you explain why some digits don’t give a terminating decimal?
1 1
a) 0.6 – c) 0.65 –
2 4

1 9
b) 0.7 – d) – 0.25
5 10

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Add and subtract simple 3 Annie is calculating with algebraic fractions.
H
algebraic fractions
I can work out 1 + 1 because the denominator
k k
is the same, so 1 +
k k
1= 1+1 =2
k k
1 Work out the calculations.

1 1 1 1
a) + = + = Use Annie’s method to complete the calculations.
3 3 29 29

3 4 1 4
a) + = c) – =
1
+
1
=
1
+
1
=
m m p p
15 15 x x

12 5
b) – =
b) n n
To double a fraction you just
double the numerator.

4 Here is an algebraic expression.

Do you agree with Alex? _____________________ 4 + 2

Explain your answer. r r

a) Write the expression as a single fraction.

2 Work out the calculations.

1 1 1 1
a) + = b) + = b) Evaluate the expression when r = 2
5 5 2 4

6 6 1 1
+ = + =
5 5 5 10 4 2
c) For what value of r is + > 1?
r r

29 29 1 1
+ = + =
5 5 29 58

Is there more than one answer?

x + x = 1
+
1
=
5 5 x 2x

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5 Simplify the expressions. 8 Simplify the expressions using equivalent fractions.

1 1 b) 2 3
a) + = – =
x 3x x 5x a) x + x = b) 2x – x =
2 3 3 2

Discuss your method with a partner.

9 Solve the equations. Show all of your working.

6 The number line shows 0 and x.

a) 1 + 3 = 1
x x

0 x x=

Position the expressions on the number line. b) 3 + 5 = 1

y y
Write a simplified fraction where required.
y=
a) 2x c) x e) 2x – 3x =
4 4

c) 11 – 9 = 1
z 2z

b) x d) x + x = f) x + x =
2 2 4 2 z=

10 How would you simplify these expressions?

7 a) A sequence starts at zero and goes up by a each term.
5
Write the first five terms of the sequence.
3 + 1 1 + 1 + 1
2x 3x t 2t 3t

b) Another sequence starts at zero and goes up by 2a each term.

5
Write the first five terms of this sequence.

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Understand and use the sum of angles e) g)

at a point x
120°

119° 86.3°
x
37.2°

1 a) How many degrees are in a full turn?

x= x=

b) Teddy is facing forward. Teddy

f)

Teddy x
He turns through 120°.
120° 46.5° 160°

How many more degrees does he need to turn

through to get back to his starting point? x=

2 Find the size of angle x.

a) c) 3 Tick the correct diagram.
310°

73°
x
39° 29° 29°
x
133° 71° 61°
127° 153° 143°
61° 107° 117°
x= x=

b) d)
x
220°
201° 140°
x

Explain your choice.

x= x=
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4 a) Find the sizes of angles a and b. 5 Work out the sizes of the unknown angles.

a) b)
f
c
b b 47°
a a c 122°
b b
b b 75°
a a 230° f
b b
a
b b
c= f=

Compare your method with a partner’s.

a= b=

6 Form and solve an equation to find the size of angle z.

Discuss with a partner how you worked them out.

b) Annie draws a pie chart. z

47.3°
She splits it into 16 equal sectors. z
35.5°
What is the angle of each sector? z
 z=

7 Four line segments are drawn from a point O.

They are OP, OQ, OR and OS.
P, Q, R and S are points drawn clockwise in order around O.
Angle SOR is 91o.
Angle POQ is 26o more than angle SOR.

Angle QOR is a right angle.
Four children have worked out the size of angle SOP.
c) Annie’s pie chart represents 800 students.
Who is correct? Tick your answer.
How many students are represented in 5 of the sections?
Tom Whitney Esther Amir
243° 153° 152° 62°

Explain the mistakes that the others have made.
 students

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Understand and use the sum of angles on 3 Work out the unknown angles.
a straight line a) d)
a

e
58° 132°
1 Two angles, a and b, are adjacent on a straight line.

e=  a=

b) e)
a
b
g
141° 62°
y

a) Measure angles a and b.

a= b=
g=  y=

c) f)
b) What is the total of the two angles?
49° 43°
37°
z
c) Complete the sentence.
x
Adjacent angles on a straight line

x=  z=

2 Tick the diagram that shows adjacent angles on a straight line.

4

64° b

Angle b is 116°
because angles on a straight
line add up to 180°.

Do you agree with Tommy?

Explain your answer.
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5 Use the information to work out the unknown angles. 7 Work out the value of x.

a) Angle a is half the size of angle b. a) b)

2x 2x
 a a= x

b
 b=
x =  x=

b) Angle a is four times the size of angle b.

Compare methods with a partner.

 a a=
b 8 AB and CD are straight lines.
Write expressions for the sizes of any missing angles and label
 b=
them on the diagram.

6 a) Write the size of the given angles. B

E
ABD y

45° C
EBC D 97°

38° B x
DBE
A
E

A
b) Is ABC a straight line?
D
How do you know?

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Know and apply the sum of angles in 2 Work out the unknown angles.
a triangle a) c)

88.4° 19.5° s 21.5°

q
23.2°

1 Work out the sizes of the unknown angles.

q =  s=
Give reasons for your answers.

a) b) d)

x= because 42.1°
72°
92°

101.6° r
x 47°
47.3° t

r=  t=
b)
Discuss your reasons with a partner.
y= because
58°

y
25° 3 a) Two angles in a triangle are 42° and 57°.
What is the size of the third angle?

c)
z
z= because
b) Two of the angles in a triangle are 12°.
What is the size of the third angle?


35°

c) One of the angles in a triangle is 38°. Another angle is twice the size of
the first angle.
d)
What is the size of the third angle?
w= because
31° 28°
w 

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4 Dexter is working out the unknown angles in triangles. 6 Work out the sizes of the unknown angles.
a) c)

44°
28°
I can’t work out
either of the missing angles m r
because I don’t have
enough information.
m=  r=
 b) d)
Do you agree with Dexter?
60°
Explain your answer.
61°
n s

n=  s=

What type of triangle is the triangle in part d)?

5 Identify and label the angles that will be equal in each triangle. Talk about it with a partner.

7 One angle in an isosceles triangle is 29°.

What could the other angles be? Give two possible answers.

8 Angle b is twice the size of angle a.

Work out the size of angle c. a

b c

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Know and apply the sum of angles in 3 Work out the size of the unknown angle in each trapezium.
a quadrilateral
a) b)

a 57° b

123° 123°
63°
1 Here are some quadrilaterals.

a) For each quadrilateral, choose one vertex and join it to each other a =  b=
vertex in the shape using straight lines.
This will split each quadrilateral into triangles.
c) What is the same and what is different about the trapeziums?
b) How many triangles has each quadrilateral been split into?

c) What is the sum of the angles in a triangle?

4 Work out the sizes of the unknown angles in the parallelograms.
d) Complete the sentence.
a) b)
Angles in a quadrilateral sum to
78° 102°
45°
135°
2 Jack is working out the sum of the interior angles of a parallelogram. c
45° d 78°
C
B

I have split the

parallelogram into four triangles.
4 × 180 = 720, so the angles
D
A in a parallelogram sum
 to 720°. c =  d=

Do you agree with Jack?

c) What do you notice about opposite angles in a parallelogram?
Explain your answer.

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 c) d)
5 Two isosceles triangles are joined to form a kite.
a) Work out the sizes of the unknown angles.
u

107° t 61°
104°
w y
x z
t=  u=

68°
Compare your reasoning with a partner.

w= y= x= z= 7 Dora is drawing a quadrilateral.

b) Work out w + x.


My quadrilateral has
exactly three right-angles.
c) Work out y + z.

What do you notice? Talk about it with a partner. Is Dora’s quadrilateral possible?
Explain your answer.

6 Work out the sizes of the unknown angles.

a) b)

91° s
113°

87°
73°
r

r =  s=

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Solve angle problems using properties of 2 AB and CD are straight lines. B
triangles and quadrilaterals
x
C
y
52° D
z
1 Match each diagram to the correct rule.

A
Angles on a straight
Work out the sizes of angles x, y and z. Give reasons for your answers.
line sum to 180°

x= because

y= because
Angles around a point
sum to 360°
z= because

Compare your reasons with a partner.

Did you work out each angle in the same way?
Angles in a triangle
sum to 180°
3 Here is a quadrilateral.

r
q
In an isosceles
triangle, two angles
are equal
s
p

71°

Vertically opposite
angles are equal a) Work out the size of angle s. Give a reason for your answer.

s= because

b) What is the sum of angles q, r and p?

Angles in a
quadrilateral sum How do you know?
to 360°

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4 5 Complete the sentence for each diagram.

C You must use correct mathematical vocabulary.

a)
D

62°
A B Angle ACD is because
C
B D
A
b) Z
E

O
W X

134°
a) Angle ABE is 39°. Angle is 134° because

Label it on the diagram.

Y

c) Q
b) What is the size of angle ABC?
How do you know?
87°

P 98° 98° R

Angle PSR is because

c) What is the size of angle CBD?
How do you know?
S

d)
K

d) What is the sum of angles BCD and CDB? 46°

How do you know?

97° Angle is 83° because

51°
J L M
or

e) Angle BCD is 70°. Is triangle BCD isosceles?

Discuss with a partner.

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Understand and use the equality of
2 Tick the pairs of angles that are vertically opposite.
vertically opposite angles

1 The diagram shows four angles around a point.

a b

d c

a) What is the sum of all four angles?  Compare answers with a partner.
How do you know?

b) Which pairs of angles sum to 180o?

3 Work out the sizes of the unknown angles.
Give reasons for your answers.
a)
How do you know? y= because

c) Which pairs of angles are equal?

y
29°

b)
How do you know?
132° z= because
d) Complete the sentences. 48°
Angles round a point
z
Adjacent angles on a straight line

Vertically opposite angles

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 e) f)
4 Whitney is working out the size of angle f.

f
Angle f is equal to 79° e
because vertically opposite 81°
79° angles are equal.
113°

f
e=  f=

Talk about your reasons with a partner.

Do you agree with Whitney?
Explain your answer.

6 Angle b is three times the size of angle a.

b
80°
5 Work out the unknown angles.

a) c)
Work out the sizes of angles a and b.
133°
c a= b=

52°
a

7 The diagram shows three straight lines intersecting at a single point.

a=  c= Work out the value of x and y.

b) d)

b 46°
81°
65° 63°
73° 5x–7

d y
x= y=

b=  d=

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